Move over TiVo, MythTV is here
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Frustrated by the slow, advertising-laden cable experience provided by AT&T Broadband, programmer Isaac Richards took matters into his own hands by coming up with his own solution to the problem.
Satellite reveals Yellowston's deep secret
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Satellite images acquired by ESA's ERS-2 revealed the recently discovered changes in Yellowstone's caldera are the result of molten rock movement 15 kilometres below the Earth's surface, according to a recent ...
Mass extinctions - a threat from outer space or our own planet's detox?
Mar 09, 2006 |
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University of Leicester scientists suggest extraterrestrial theories are flawed and that more down to earth factors could have accounted for past mass extinctions Earth history has been punctuated by several mass extinctions ...
NASA researchers 'see' the sun's far side
Mar 09, 2006 |
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NASA announced Thursday it has, for the first time, seen through the sun to the star's far side.
The Unusual Insulating Properties of a Superconductor
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Mar 09, 2006 |
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Since their discovery, high-temperature superconductors, a class of remarkable materials that conduct electricity with almost zero resistance, have perplexed scientists. Despite many, many studies, how these ...
Purdue scientist defends his fusion work
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Mar 09, 2006 |
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A Purdue University scientist says he will cooperate with a university review of his work in which he claims to have achieved fusion. (see "Purdue investigates professor's tabletop nuclear fusion research") ...
GA Tech develops ultra-efficient embedded architectures based on probabilistic technology
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology announce energy savings by a factor of more than 500 in simulations with their ultra energy efficient embedded architecture based on Probabilistic CMOS (PCMOS).
Scientists Working Toward Better Batteries
Mar 09, 2006 |
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As more and more people rely on cell phones, laptop computers, personal organizers, and even hybrid electric-gas vehicles, scientists are working to develop rechargeable batteries that are ever smaller, cheaper, ...
A golf shot heard around the universe?
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Perhaps the most controversial chip shot in history -- but definitely the longest -- will take place this summer outside the International Space Station.
Chemically squeezing every drop of ethanol from corn
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Brent Shanks is going down to the molecules to find a little extra ethanol. Shanks, an Iowa State University associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, is leading a research team that's working to develop ...
Nanotech to Improve Satellites and Solar Cells
Mar 09, 2006 |
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More efficient space solar cells could mean better imagery satellites and improved solar energy technology. Scientists at the NanoPower Research Labs at Rochester Institute of Technology, led by director Ryne Raffaelle, are ...
Four universities join to establish Western Institute of Nanoelectronics
Mar 09, 2006 |
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The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of California, Berkeley; and Stanford are teaming up to launch what will be one of the world's ...
'Killer bees' arrive early in Tucson
Mar 09, 2006 |
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So-called killer bees have reportedly arrived in Tucson, Ariz., early this year, with a shortage of food on the desert causing colonies to move about.
Panasonic is Developing 4 GB SDHC Memory Card
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Panasonic today announced that it is developing a 4 GB SDHC (SD High-Capacity) Memory Card based on the new SD Specifications Version 2.00.
Virus makes classified data go online
Mar 09, 2006 |
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File-share can be a dangerous business, or so Japanese government agencies are finding out the hard way.
